Need to reinstall XP but have no CD

I have an old computer with XP on it I want to make a donation to a school.  I do not have a XP CD and want to erase the disc to clean before giving it away.  Other ways to remove any personal information?

Hello

You can refer to the following steps:

  1. Set the Bios to boot from the CD-ROM as first boot device.
  2. Place the CD in the CD-ROM and the re-Boot drive.
  3. Listen for the prompt "Press any key to boot from the CD" press as gone soon (ignore when the message appears on all restart) (you get this prompt if there is a XP/OS installed on the HARD disk)
  4. Installation of Windows (file charges)
  5. To install XP now press "enter".
  6. Press F8 to license.
  7. To continue the installation, a new copy of windows without repairing, press "ESC".
  8. For a new or unpartitioned drive, press 'c '.
  9. For a player who has partitions, operating system or any data on this subject, you must press "D" to delete the partition and start with a clean drive.
  10. Press "enter".
  11. You will be prompted again, tap on ' L "(vous allez faire ceci pour chaque partition), you are now ready to partition and format." "
  12. Press 'C '.
  13. To create a new partition, enter a size below and press 'Enter' (Note = You can create several score here or press 'Enter' to use the entire disk.)
  14. To set up windows on the selected partition, press "enter".
  15. Select the NTFS format with quick option, (must be the selection at the top of the page)
  16. Tap on "" enter ".
  17. Wait for form to fill out.
  18. Computer will start to copy the files in the installation files (this may take several minutes)
  19. Computer restarts, do not press any key to boot from the CD-ROM when you are prompted.
  20. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the windows loading.

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